Pole-hound



(No Model.)

0. A; ALLEN.- POLE HOUND.

No. 550,769. m Patented Dec. 3, 1895.

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., FFICE CHARLES A. ALLEN, or IONIA, MICHIGAN.

POLE-HOUND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 550,769, dated December3, 1895. Application filed geptember 1, 1894. $erial1lo. 521,925. (Nomodel.)

To aZZ whom it may concern: Be it known that I, CHARLES A. ALLEN, acitizen of the United States, residing at Ionia, in the county of Ioniaand State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful11nprovements in Pole-Hounds; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description-of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

This invention relates to a new and useful improvement in wagon-hounds;and it consists in the construction and arrangement of parts hereinafterdescribed, and definitely pointed out in the claims.

The aim and purpose of the invention is the provision of an improvedpole-hound adapted for use in connection with the gear-hound, which willembody structural simplicity, strength, durability, and lightness.

The objects of the invention are attained by the constructionillustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like letters ofreference designate like parts of the device in the several views, andin which- Figure 1 is a top plan view. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view.Fig. 3 is a detail perspective Fig. 4 is a section on the line y y,Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the bushing.

In the drawings, A represents the axle for the front gear of a wagon,and B represents the gear-hound, formed of L-shaped angleiron, bowed orarched at itsupper end and having its forward end converging toward thefront, the vertical section of the iron being presented inwardly.

F represents a pole of any desired form having the usual tapered rearends.

I l designates the arms of the pole-hound, which are constructed ofangle-iron or steel, having its vertical portion presented outward andits horizontal portion extending inwardly from the upper end of thevertical portion. The forward ends of the arms II are arranged parallel,and the horizontal flanges thereon project over the upper face of thetongue and closely fit thereon, while the vertical flanges are closelyfitted to the sides of the tongue. These ends are rigidly secured to thetongue the ends of the hound B and in close contact therewith, theextreme rear ends being in close proximity to the axle.

Heretofore in the construction of polehounds it has been customary toemploy wood in the construction of the arms and to connect the innerends of the arms by a single brace inortised in or through the ends ofthe arms and pole and there bolted. The pole and the arms are by thatmeans greatly weakened and often split or break at the mortised point.It has also been suggested that the ends of the arms be carried into thepole and there secured. Such construction, however, involves expense andparticular constructions for adapting it for use. By my invention I haveovercome such objections by the use of inclined Z-shaped braces E. Thesebraces are composed of iron bars having the oppositelyextending feet 6e, the former extending forward and arranged at an incline against thetapering sides of the end of thepole, and are rigidly secured to thepole by a bolt E,which extends through the feet e and the pole. Thebraces E are inclined slightly forward until they come in contact withthe vertical flange of the arms H, at which point they are turned back,forming the feet 6, and are there riveted or otherwise secured to theflange. By this means any lateral vibration of the end of the pole istaken up by the braces direct, and practically all strain is taken fromthe bracefastening, and, owing to the inclination of the braces E,should there be any independent forward vibration of the pole the braceswill be compressed more tightly against the end thereof, thus wedgingthe pole against the braces. By varying the pitch of the braces thehounds can quickly be adapted to diiferent-sized poles.

the arms H and the ends of the hound B and centrally through the tongue,as is usual in the other forms of hounds.

It will be seen that by the employment of angle-iron for the arms II avery light nonyielding structure is formed and that the employment ofall cap-plates on the tongue is dispensed with. The horizontal flangesof the forward ends of the arms II greatly stiffen and strengthen thepole and the point where the bolts G pass through, the flanges servingas plates.

I am aware that minor changes can be made in the construction andarrangement of the parts of the device without in the least departingfrom the nature and principle of my invention.

In Fig. 5 I have shown the preferred form of bushing for the king-bolt.It consists of a tube I, having a serrated lower edge, the serrations ofwhich are turned out against-the under face of the pole, as shown inFig. 2. The upper end of the tube is formed into a horizontal plate orflange, which fits between the arms II and forms the pivotalsupportingpoint for the singletree.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

In a pole hound the combination with a pole, of the hound consisting ofthe two like arms H formed throughout of L-shaped angleiron, thehorizontal flanges of which overlap the upper face of the pole, theoutwardly extending portions g, and the diverging inner portions fittingthe wheel hounds, means for con necting the forward ends of the arms tothe pole and means for independently connecting the rear ends of thearms to the rear of the pole, comprising the Z-shaped braces E,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES A. ALLEN.

\Vitnesses:

F. A. STIVEN, EDWARD L. MILLS.

